Tokens, how it works, and common questions

How a portrait or a video is made

  1. Upload one photo you have permission to use, or start a video from a portrait you already made.
  2. Pick a look. For a portrait you can add an optional note. For a video, describe what the clip should do and pick 6, 10, or 15 seconds.
  3. Confirm the photo is you, or that you have permission, and that the photo is not of a child.
  4. Create it. A portrait can be downloaded with the watermark, or you can spend a token to remove it. A video spends its tokens when it starts.

You can show the watermarked portrait on the public wall, or turn that off before you create it.

What a token pays for

Loading Screen, Sunset Bay, Neon '86, Wanted Poster, Wasted, Busted, and Mission Passed are free, with a daily limit. The rest of the portrait catalog costs one token to generate. Every image, free or paid, is watermarked. Removing the watermark from one image costs one more token. A video is separate: 6 seconds costs 1 token, 10 seconds costs 2, and 15 seconds costs 3. If the video fails, those tokens are returned. Packs are 2 for $4, 6 for $9, and 15 for $19. Tokens are added when Stripe confirms the payment.

The clean file is stored privately. A download link for it is created only after the watermark token is spent. Before that, the file you can download is the watermarked preview. The clean bytes are not sent before the unlock.

If a token look fails before the portrait is saved, that generation token is returned. If the clean file cannot be opened after you unlock it, the watermark token is returned.

Questions

Is this official GTA art?

No. Wasted Portrait is fan-made and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Rockstar Games or Take-Two Interactive. It does not put a character into the game.

Whose photo can I use?

Yours, or a photo you have permission to use. The photo is not of a child. The create step asks you to confirm that before a portrait or a video runs.

What happens to the photo?

The photo you upload is stored so the portrait or video can be made, then deleted after 30 days. The finished image or video stays. The clean image stays private until you remove the watermark.

When does a token come back?

If a token look fails before the portrait is saved, that token is returned. If a video fails, the tokens spent on that clip are returned. Removing an image watermark is a separate token. If the clean file cannot be opened, that token is returned too.

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